ALL humanity will someday hear the Word of God and be summoned to partake of life eternal in and through Jesus Christ. Our Lord either has, or will yet, enlighten the minds of all born onto planet earth. (See John 1:9). ALL will eventually be taught of God through God’s obedient and well-informed representatives. (See John 6:45 with Isaiah 54:`13). If one was not enlightened in the time frame in which they first lived, their resurrection is to judgment – a fair judgment, a judgment that allows one to hear and comprehend the truth and then to make an intelligent choice and be afforded ample time to implement that choice to obey and serve God. Through His prophet Isaiah, God says that all humanity will be granted a minimum of a hundred years to hear and accept the truth and surrender themselves to God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. (See Isaiah 65:20). Now that’s fair! “All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name” (Psalm 86:9).
Hebrews 9:27: “And as it is appointed unto men ONCE to die, but after this the judgment.” NONE need die the second death. It is appointed unto us that we die only once. (Reincarnation is but one of Satan’s clever lies that he has used down through the ages to blind the minds of the unsuspecting). After our death there will be a resurrection. “ALL that are in the graves (not in heaven, hell, limbo or purgatory – but in the graves) shall hear His voice (that will awaken them from the sleep of death), and shall come forth (from their graves even if their ashes were scattered about centuries before, even if the sea has been their “grave”); they that have done good (or, who have obeyed God), unto the resurrection of (eternal) life (immortality, incorruptibility), and they that have done evil (any and all outside of Christ – even Abraham and Moses were IN Christ), unto the resurrection of JUDGMENT (“damnation” is a mistranslation of the Greek word krisis” (See John 5:28-29).
For the overwhelming majority of humanity – the Buddhists, Hindus, Shintoists, Taoists, atheists, deceived “Christianity” – their call to walk in the truth and have fellowship with God is yet future. Most live and die without ever hearing the truth. They honestly haven’t had a fair opportunity to enter into a genuine life-changing relationship with their Creator. Most Mormons, Christian Scientists, etc., are deceived. They aren’t rejecting Christ. They honestly think they are wholly obedient to Him. They are not saved, but neither are they irreconcilably lost! The Buddhists, the Hindus, yes, and most atheists are deceived. They aren’t Christ rejecters. They have never been drawn to Christ. An atheist in India may reject Shiva – but Shiva is not God! An atheist in Iran or Iraq may reject Allah – but Allah is not God! The atheist is a fool for not believing in a Creator as creation is sufficient proof there is a God, but they are not Christ rejecters – not utterly, hopelessly lost. That is a doctrine of demons, satanically inspired to portray a loving, merciful, totally fair Creator God as unfeeling, harsh, cruel, unbending and grossly unfair!
Jesus Christ plainly stated that He had come down to earth from heaven to “give life unto the world” – not just a tiny segment of the world’s population. (See John 6:33, 51). In Hebrews 2:9 we are told that Jesus tasted death “for every man” – for all born human, not just for the “elect,” or a limited number of men. In 2 Peter 3:9 we are told that God “is not willing that ANY should perish.”
Do not foolishly limit God as to His power and ability to turn things around, make things right, and give a full and fair opportunity to all humanity to be forgiven all their sins and be incorporated into the eternal family of God.
Then why don’t most preachers see this wondrous divine truth in the scriptures? Primarily because most preachers will flatly tell you, “I don’t get my doctrine out of the Old Testament. I am a New Testament Christian.” They read right over Paul’s plain, clear statement to Timothy that “ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE!” (See 2 Timothy 3:16). And it is through the Hebrew prophets God reveals this wondrous truth in its fullness. Then, too, for many centuries Christianity has suffered the same fate of God’s people in the past. The prophet Jeremiah warned the Israelite people of his day and era, “Our fathers have inherited LIES!” (See Jeremiah 16:19). Satan never abandons a tactic that works so well. Our fathers have inherited lies, too! Long accepted “Christian” doctrine has long been erroneous doctrine as well. That “old time religion” harbors a lot of falsehood. God help you to understand.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley